netdev - Re: [PATCHi v2] ibmveth: Add function to enable live MAC address changes

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Date:	Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:59:32 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHi v2] ibmveth: Add function to enable live MAC address
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Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 06:56:04AM CET, tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
>Add a function that will enable changing the MAC address
>of an ibmveth interface while it is still running.
>
>Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>---
>v2:
>   If h_change_logical_lan_mac fails, dev->dev_addr will not be changed.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
>index 21978cc..b6ac676 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
>@@ -1327,6 +1327,29 @@ static unsigned long ibmveth_get_desired_dma(struct vio_dev *vdev)
> 	return ret;
> }
> 
>+static int ibmveth_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
>+{
>+	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(dev);
>+	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
>+	u64 mac_address;
>+	int rc;
>+
>+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
>+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
>+
>+	mac_address = ibmveth_encode_mac_addr(addr->sa_data);
>+	rc = h_change_logical_lan_mac(adapter->vdev->unit_address, mac_address);
>+	if (rc) {
>+		netdev_err(adapter->netdev, "h_change_logical_lan_mac failed "
>+			   "with rc=%d\n", rc);

Please do not wrap text in message. For that, 80-char limit does not apply.


>+		return rc;
>+	}
>+
>+	ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
>+
>+	return 0;
>+}
>+
> static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
> 	.ndo_open		= ibmveth_open,
> 	.ndo_stop		= ibmveth_close,
>@@ -1337,7 +1360,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ibmveth_netdev_ops = {
> 	.ndo_fix_features	= ibmveth_fix_features,
> 	.ndo_set_features	= ibmveth_set_features,
> 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
>-	.ndo_set_mac_address	= eth_mac_addr,
>+	.ndo_set_mac_address    = ibmveth_set_mac_addr,
> #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
> 	.ndo_poll_controller	= ibmveth_poll_controller,
> #endif
>-- 
>1.8.3.1
>
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